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Friday Comic: Royal Family 0
- Entertainment
- January 6, 2023
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Reconsidering New Year’s Resolutions 0
- Philosophy
- January 5, 2023
If you’re like many Americans, chances are you’ve hit the ground running in 2023 with a fresh slate of resolutions. Perhaps you want to lose weight, get a better job, or spend more time with your family. Whatever your goals might be, the desire to become a better person—to build a better life—is in most
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Why Academics Are Writing Junk That Nobody Reads 15
- Politics, Education
- January 5, 2023
Professors usually spend about 3-6 months (sometimes longer) researching and writing a 25-page article to submit to an academic journal. And most experience a twinge of excitement when, months later, they open a letter informing them that their article has been accepted for publication, and will therefore be read by… … an average of ten people.
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American Made: What Sort of Worker Are You?35
- Culture, Economics
- January 4, 2023
For Christmas this year, my daughter gave me an unusual gift. She hired a service to deep clean my house for four hours. At 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, a small car pulled into my driveway. Two men and a woman got out and removed buckets and supplies from the trunk, and we introduced
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The New-Normaling of Blackouts 2
- Politics, Economics
- January 4, 2023
On Christmas Eve, 2022, in North Carolina, something happened that had never happened before in living memory. People across the state were alerted by their power company, Duke Energy, that there would be rolling blackouts in the aftermath of a severe (but “not exceedingly rare”) winter wind storm. At least 12 other states received similar and previously unheard-of
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Make Elections Normal Again 0
- Politics
- January 3, 2023
Americans can’t seem to agree on much of anything anymore. We’re deeply divided on a wide range of issues: abortion, illegal immigration, gun rights, and so-called climate change, to name a few. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find a major political issue on which Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree. Political polarization is
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